The Omicron variant and vaccine inequality.

Dec 3, 2021

BBC Business Daily, BBC World Service.

Could a more equitable global vaccine rollout have stopped the new variant? As the world waits for more information about just how contagious and dangerous the new Covid-19 variant is, we ask if the emergence of a variant like Omicron could have been avoided – or at least slowed – if people all around the world had been vaccinated at the same pace. Instead, richer countries race to give booster vaccines to their own populations as many poorer countries are still waiting to receive their first jabs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1j16

 

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